August.
　Experiments were repeated to see how the quality of the thread would change depending on the production of spider silk......Alanya Seda (spider silk) and the type of food fed to the soldier spiders.

　As expected, there was no progress in quality within a month, but the production of Alanya Seda was so-so, and it answered the demand of the country's aristocracy and other wealthy people.

　When it comes to selling outside the country, it doesn't do so well because it competes with silk...
　Within the Kingdom of Romalia, where the price of silk is abnormally high due to huge tariffs and import restrictions, there was an immediate buyer.

　We're going to keep selling them domestically for a while.
　There is no need to go to the trouble of taking on a strong enemy.

　Also, money minting had finally begun.
　This is the minting of gold and copper coins by introducing the technology of the Persis Empire.

　The gold and copper coins designed by Nifa are beginning to circulate around the country, albeit slowly.
　Well, if there is one complaint, it is the lack of silver coins.

　As we can see from the fact that the common way of expressing the price in the Tethys Sea region is the tarrant (weight of silver), the key precious metal in the Tethys Sea region is silver, not gold.

　Silver is the world's preferred precious metal because it has larger reserves and is not as expensive as gold, so the loss of silver would not be as severe a blow.

　On the other hand, precious gold is mainly used for ornaments and savings, rather than as a medium of trade.
　However, we can't dig it out of our country's land, so we have no choice.

　There's no point in asking for something that isn't there.
　Well, even gold coins are in circulation in their own way, though not as much as silver coins.

　Well, this is enough for domestic politics.
　There is no major crisis or change in the current situation.

　Alanya Seda and the coins will not have an effect on us until much later.

　Until now we have been quiet for a year or so without a war.　
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of your time with us.

　But we can't stand still.
　We have to move soon.

　That's why we were secretly in the middle of preparations for the second western conquest.
　By the way, in this case, the western part of the country to be conquered is the area under Gilbed King's country, in other words, Gilbed King's country has the right to rule it.

　I had just made a secret agreement with the king of Gilbed that the western part of the country to be conquered would be the area below the Gilbed King's country.

　It was a secret pact that was made to break it in the first place.
　It would be disrespectful to the God of Promise if I didn't break it.

　For the past year, I've been stockpiling food, building up my logistics unit and training my troops.
　We have sent sorcerers into the western countries to scour the West for information.

　We have also enlisted the help of diplomats, including Ial, and our efforts to chip away at the western nations are going well.

　It's all about killing the biggest country in the west, the country of King Karunu, in one breath.
　By killing it with a single blow, they will expand their territory in one fell swoop.

　........it was supposed to be.

　''Oh my God!　Your Majesty!　King Karne's kingdom has been destroyed!

　I don't know why.





　Yes, it was in the middle of August.
　The first strange thing happened.
　The ground shook a little bit. An earthquake, so to speak.

　But the Adelunian peninsula, though not as bad as Japan, is a land of earthquakes, and I had experienced many earthquakes since my reincarnation, so I thought it was just the usual small one.

　The next anomaly was the next day.
　The spellcasters and secret agents who were hiding in the capital of King Carnu's country suddenly stopped communicating with us.
　This was indeed alarming.

　He could still understand that he would lose contact from one or two people.
　But the fact that we've lost contact with the root of the problem means that we've been swept away.

　I hurriedly contacted the sorcerer I had holed up in a small country not far from King Karne's country to find out what had happened.
　And three days later, at a meeting of the Senate....

　'Oh my God!　Your Majesty!　King Karne's kingdom has been destroyed!

　Is this some kind of gag?

　So I thought to myself, and to the sorcerer who came to report me, nice joke!　I said, but the sorcerer's face was quite serious.

　In other words, it's not a gag.
　It's that we're really dead.

　Hey, Raimondo, how is it possible for a country to fall apart in a single night? Did you see this country fall overnight?
　Come on, come on...

　Raimondo cowered his shoulders.
　Raimondo doesn't seem to be able to consider it either.

　I ask Bartolo and Alexios.

　'Can you guys take the country down in one night?
　"If I could, I would have given you King Roselle's head long ago.
　I've conquered Trisichelia and Pofenia, too, and brought them back to you.

　Bartolo and Alexios shake their heads.

　I then ask Ial.

　'What's going on with Pophenia?'
　"...We have gathered information from the secret agents we inherited from His Excellency Abraham, as well as from the merchants who came from Pofenia, but we have not heard of any large-scale military action. Nor was there any indication of that.

　Oh, yes.
　Pofenia is a country that relies on mercenaries, and it's impossible to organize an army quietly.

　You can't recruit soldiers without declaring the recruitment of mercenaries to the world in a big way, and merchants who smell the movement of people are going to buy up all the wheat at once.

　If war were to break out, the price of wheat would have risen unnaturally rapidly as early as a month or so ago.

　But the price of wheat was rather on the decline due to a bumper crop.
　In other words, it's not pofenia.

　So what does that mean?
　Gilbed or Persis....

　No, both countries cannot be.
　The former has no power and the latter has no motive.

　So that means.....

　An earthquake from a few days ago popped into my mind.
　But I shook my head and dismissed it.

　I've never heard of a country being directly destroyed by a natural disaster.
　Of course, a natural catastrophe could be the catalyst for a country's demise. However, it is impossible for nature to directly destroy the civilization that man has built.

　The only person who can truly destroy the civilization that man has built is man.
　I would like to say that....

　This is a different world, not Earth.
　Maybe it really did blow up in a natural catastrophe.

　However, I have a feeling that if there was such a natural disaster, it would be more than just a small tremor.
　The place where I lived before I was born was a reasonable distance from the northeast, but it was still quite shaky.

　If there was a supermassive earthquake, super volcanic eruption or super tsunami that destroyed the entire country of King Karunu, it wouldn't be surprising to see a bit more of an impact.

　At any rate........

　I don't think that's a good thing that's happening.
　I agree.

　The senators, including Raimondo, nodded in unison.
　'We are not of such a happy disposition as to be able to gulp down the hassle of destruction, yadda yadda yadda yadda yadda.

　We don't know what's going on here. "We don't know what's going on," he said, "so don't tell anyone about it until we know the details. Until we know the details, don't tell anyone about this. And gather your troops in case anything else happens.

　Ha!

　The senators got down on one knee at once.





　The decision to keep 10,000 troops on standby had resulted in a very good decision.
　It was a very good decision to have some 10,000 troops on standby, because requests for help were pouring in from the western countries, and I'm not talking about one or two countries.

　And I'm not talking about one or two countries.
　Letters arrived from more than a hundred countries, powerful families, and influential people from fast horse and hawk mail.

　As the inhabitants of King Carnu's country moved northward en masse to escape something, the inhabitants of the countries surrounding Carnu's country began to flee northward as if their fear of that something was spreading.

　It could be called a refugee tsunami.
　The western nations cannot leave them alone.

　If we don't provide them with food, they will become enemies with weapons in no time.
　The refugees are also struggling to survive.

　But there is no food for them, and if they let all the refugees inside the city, the security will be worse, and worse, the country will be taken over.

　So they asked the great power in the east, Romalia, for help.
　Well, as far as I'm concerned, I'm crossing over.

　We fought a war and took the land.
　And while I was saving the poorest of the poorest people, it became my territory. You'll have to forgive me, though, because Tejepero is a lot more open-minded than I am.

　So, first of all, I sent Ron and Sojung with 10,000 men to the western countries as an advance force.
　The logistics team would follow suit.
　They stored a large amount of wheat as food for the war, and it worked.

　At the same time, they began to import wheat.
　We don't know the level of refugees in King Karunu's country, but we are in awe that the amount we have prepared as food for the army is not enough.

　It would be best to buy in and put it down before the price rises.

　Through Cilicia's merchants in Rezad, they hurriedly began to purchase wheat.
　But the price of wheat had already begun to rise.

　Now, three days of dealing with refugees, rescuing the western nations, and kicking off complaints from King Gilbed's country.
　After three days of dealing with the refugees and rescuing the western nations, and kicking back complaints from the Gilbed King's country, we finally hear something definite.

　It's hard to believe.
　They say

　'A poisonous, multi-necked dragon crawled out from underneath King's Landing and cleared the city in one night.

　That's what they say.
　The dragons I know are only slightly larger versions of lizards, and are at best dinosaurs.

　Humans, including me, can defeat them if we try hard enough.
　It should be that kind of creature.

　And that's a clearing in one night!

　I'll have to consult with Mr. Gryphon first.